Your Guide to Living Off the Grid
Like Duolingo, but for Your Guide to Living Off the Grid. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
Free during early access · No credit card · iPhone & Android

You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo turns Your Guide to Living Off the Grid into a game you actually finish. Levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that make it stick. Five minutes a day.
Where Your Guide to Living Off the Grid takes you
Learn how to break free from the city and build a self-sufficient life. We will cover everything from catching your own power to growing your own dinner.
- 1
Setting Up Your Power and Water
- Choosing the Right Spot to Live
- Catching Sunlight for Electricity
- How to Collect and Clean Rainwater
- Dealing with Waste Without a Sewer
- 2
Feeding Yourself from the Land
- Starting Your First Vegetable Garden
- Keeping Chickens for Fresh Eggs
- Preserving Food for the Winter
- Finding Wild Plants You Can Eat
- Cooking Meals Without a Modern Stove
- Storing Food Without a Fridge
- 3
Staying Safe and Comfortable
- Keeping Your Home Warm in Winter
- Basic Tools Every Off-Gridder Needs
- What to Do in an Emergency
3 sections · 13 units · 26 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
When evaluating a potential homestead, why is the solar aspect of the land considered a non-negotiable resource?
Get it right to open this lesson and 25 more in the app.
You pick the voice
Your Guide to Living Off the Grid is taught in the The Professor style: clear, structured, thorough. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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